Grenfell Tower fire: Evening Standard to hand out landmark aid package as fund hits ￡4.6m

Iqbal Nasim, chief executive of National Zakat Foundation, said: “After experiencing the trauma of the fire, the grants that NZF has been able to administer, boosted by the support of the Dispossessed Fund, have brought much-needed immediate relief to the survivors. 

“The importance of being able to respond swiftly with emergency cash, in what has until very recently been an utterly chaotic situation, cannot be overstated. Even though we have been utterly stretched by this crisis at what is already such a busy time of year for our organisation in the month of Ramadan, being able to give comfort and hope to the survivors has been one of the most memorable experiences of our lives.” 

Notes:

1. We now have 100 Grenfell families on our books

2. Our team has distributed 127k Zakat and 27k funds on behalf of the Evening Standard

3. We are currently working with the Portobello Trust to distribute a further 4.6m on behalf of the Evening Standard  

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